The show is at it's best when it tackles how government and organization react to the appearance of the Ranga kaiju. How it evolves from national to international incidents, the political maneuvers, the responsibility of those in power (including the 3 girls who can control Ranga). Those moments that critique society and governments are great stuff, but it becomes too heavy-handed once those red fist people show up during the 2nd season.
The 2nd season still has some of that critique, but it's overshadowed by this lame "monster of the week" formula that just doesn't work. It could've worked, if it had more emphasis on world governments trying to get their own kaiju and control it and thus fight Ranga with it to have a stronger presence in the world; but the execution was lame. Not to mention there are moments I'm thinking it starts to retcon itself.
If only it was longer, slower-paced, and more reigned in. It was nice that the series didn't pad out the majority of scenes, as most anime shows do (due to each episode being 15 minutes long, including intro and outro, which basically makes each episode 10 minutes). But there were times where this was to the show's detriment, as some moments did need more room to breathe.
The second half, especially during the last 2 episodes, does wind up harming the series too much for me to ignore it. If only the whole series was more like the first half, and more reigned in... then it would be a masterpiece.
PS: A little too much girl-power involved too, considering how virtually every male character turns out by the end.
